30 Apr
2012
30 Apr
'12
11:48 a.m.
That may be true for UK mains plugs; Alexandre is from
Brazil, and
I don't know about their plugs, but I know US plugs are worth next
That depends o nthe US plug... I have rebuilt damaged Hubble ones (made a
good one from 2 broaken ones), but that's mainly because such things are
very hard to get over here ,and when you do find them they are very
expensive -- about \pounds 25.00 for _one_ plug.
My DEC power controlelrs have the 15V 230V socekts on them, so the 110V
plugs don;t fit. Those you can get over here, but the 230V ones are linke
gold dust. Hence it's well worth me saving all I can.
to nothing for parts. We don't even have fuses in
them, I guess
because we really like house fires (exception: a lot of Christmas
tree lights had tiny fuses in the plug, but I don't even know if
that's true with the LED ones now).
Over here, wall-wart PSUs tend not to be fused. The transformer is
supposed to burn out safely in the event of a serious overlaod, but often
doesn't. I am not at all happy protecting soemthing like that with the
32A breaker in the consumer unit...
-tony